A multilevel framework of firm boundaries: Firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-261

  Yang, Haibin ^a   Lin, Zhiang ^b   Lin, Ya ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances and acquisitions; Boundary choices; Multilevel framework; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; EXTERNAL RESOURCES; FIRM BOUNDARIES; INTERNAL RESOURCES; NETWORK LEVEL; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RISK CONTROLS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 77449159156     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.815     Document Type: Article

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